Checking Whether a Given Collection Exists with SODA for In-Database JavaScript

You can use SodaDatabase.openCollection() to check for the existence of a given collection. It returns null if the collection argument does not name an existing collection; otherwise, it opens the collection having that name.

In Example 8-2, if collectionName does not name an existing collection then col is assigned the value null.

Parent topic: Using SODA for In-Database JavaScript